Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 02-03-2022.

Submitted and Maintained by Bill Marshall, bill.marshall@verizon.net.


Additions and corrections appreciated (especially with sources). My current list of sources is here. Homepage here.

Index of Medieval and Ancient Lines is here, notable people here, and Gedcom may be downloaded here.

Index of Modern Lines (immigrants to America and their descendants) is here, notable people here, and Gedcom here.


Individual Page

    Person Info
  • Name: Jacob WITMER
  • Sex: M
  • Death: 1807 d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • John WITMER Birth: 22 May 1713 Death: 1782 in Warwick Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. John WITMER Birth: Abt 1760
  2. Anna Kauffman WITMER Birth: 16 Jan 1762 Death: 19 Mar 1849
  3. Elizabeth Kauffman WITMER Birth: 30 Aug 1766 Death: 3 Apr 1842
  4. Jacob Kaufman WITMER Birth: Abt 1770 Death: Abt 1845
  5. Abraham Kaufman WITMER Birth: 12 Mar 1772 Death: 22 Aug 1852
  6. Frances Kaufman WITMER Birth: Abt 1774 Death: 1826
  7. Magdalena Kaufman WITMER Birth: Abt 1776 Death: 1826

Bibliography
  1. Kaufman, Charles Fahs, A Genealogy and History of the Kaufman-Coffman Families. York, PA: author, 1940. LHMS CS71.K212 1940. Available at http://books.google.com/books/?id=iBlWAAAAMAAJ. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: KaufmanCF KAUFMAN p[0-9]*].
  2. Mason, Floyd R, Hershey Family Tree of Pennsylvania. Bridgewater, VA: author, 2002. NYPL APV (Hershey) 05-3375. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Mason HERSHEY p[0-9]*].
  3. Spaetzel, Roy C, History and genealogy of the Witmer family. Kitchener, Ontario: author, 1977. FHL JSMB 929.271 W781s. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Spaetzel WITMER p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
father:
[Ref: KaufmanCF KAUFMAN p256]
Sources with Inaccurate birth and parent Information
father:
Peter WITMER (#91070) [Ref: Spaetzel WITMER p85],
brother:
Abraham WITMER #96134 [Ref: Spaetzel WITMER p85]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: KaufmanCF KAUFMAN p256]
Sources with Information about marriage to Veronica KAUFFMAN
names:
[Ref: KaufmanCF KAUFMAN p256, Mason HERSHEY p9, Spaetzel WITMER p85],
child:
[Ref: Mason HERSHEY p14]
Research Notes:
1749: built a bridge over the Conestoga Creek (really a river); he was allowed to exact a toll from all who made use of it; years later the County bought the bridge [Ref: Spaetzel WITMER p85]



Pedigree of Jacob WITMER
                            /-----Heini WITMER
                   /-----Uri WITMER
                  |         \-----Margareth BENTZ
          /-----Michael WITMER
 /-----John WITMER
|        |         /-----Ulrich ROTH
|         \-----Anna ROTH
Jacob WITMER



Descendants of Jacob WITMER
1. Jacob WITMER m. Veronica KAUFFMAN
m. Veronica KAUFFMAN father: Johan Andreas KAUFFMAN mother: Elizabeth KNEISSLE